Insanely Delicious Cookie Butter
For the past few days, I feel like I have been in limbo. I’ve had two law school assignments due, two major projects I was working on (Thank God all of the above is now over as I am writing this), a major win for a Jamaican (Tessanne Chin! that show caused me major anxiety!) and the usual occurrences that life throws at us. That would explain why I haven’t put out a new post in days.
So how did I celebrate the end of this insane week? I made 4 dozen mini cheesecakes (don’t worry I only had half, JOKE) for a get together, oh and I made the best thing since sliced bread: Cookie Butter.
I’m dead serious; the best thing since sliced bread. This Cookie Butter will have you wondering what you’ve been doing all your life why you haven’t been making cookie butter.
This recipe is a bit different from other cookie butter recipes, as it’s made with almonds. And it’s only three ingredients.
The thing is, the almonds act as the sugar, the oil, and all the other smoothers and binders found in most cookie butter recipes. I’ve made almond butter on countless occasions, and they do a very cool thing; they turn from rock hard to liquid. I know, what? You literally put them in a food processor and let them work their magic. It’s like how butter and sugar cream into each other, or how whipped cream gets…whipped. Imagine awesome. Got it? More awesome than that! I was going to make another batch of almond butter and I literally thought, wait, couldn’t I make cookie butter by this same method?
This is essentially Cookie Butter Almond Butter, but saying Cookie Butter alone is fine since I literally felt like I was eating these cookies in a spread. The almonds only enhance the taste, and since I used ginger cookies I really didn’t need to use extra cinnamon or ginger, but if you want to that’s totally fine. The pinch of salt is literally just to balance the flavours. Speaking of which, I would not recommend using salted almonds. Just, don’t. Trust me.
Anyway, you can spread this on bread (sans Nutella, come on), add it to your favourite waffle or pancake recipe OR on top of it, spread it on cookies itself, add a spoonful in your oatmeal, or my favourite way, BY ITSELF. As you can see from the pictures it has beautiful speckles which come from the almonds and the cookies. There is a very slight grainy texture but for the most part it’s smooth. I love the slight grain, it reminds me of how amazing homemade goodies can be.
Did I mention that this is an amazing gift to give? Can them in some mason jars (I finally got mine! Thank you Jamaica!) and send them to the people you love the most. This is how you let people know you love them; one taste and you’ll see.
Insanely Delicious Cookie Butter
Ingredients
- 16 ounces almonds, I used Blue Diamonds butter toffee flavour
- 18-20 Gingersnap cookies, 12 grams each (240 grams)
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
OPTIONAL
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
Instructions
- Add almonds to a food processor and blend Warning It WILL be loud.
- Grind almonds for 7-10 minutes. The almonds will grind until they form into a dough ball, and then like turn into a smoother liquid substance.
- Add the cookies and sea salt and optional spices and grind for 2-3 more minutes.
- Spread on anything.
- Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator (recommended).
Notes
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I’m an almond butter fanatic and make it every other week like clock work. Throwing cookies into it would probably make me eat it out of the jar with a spoon! This looks incredible, Jessica!
Thanks Marcie! I’m almost sure you would eat it out of the jar with a spoon!
Oh I LOVE homemade cookie butter! But the version I’ve made has waaay more ingredients in it — I need to try this simpler version.
Thanks Stephanie! It really is so simple but so good!
I love almonds so much and it’s insane how good this looks. You make me wonder why this isn’t in my life right now.
Haha thanks Zainab! I’m resisting the urge to have some now!
I loooooooove your healthier twist on cookie butter! I cannot wait to try it!
Also, I’m super happy that your exams are finally over. Time to celebrate! :–)
Thank you Consuelo! Yes, celebrating as we speak, I’m in New York now! Soo happy exams are over and I know you know how amazing that feels :).
I would love to try this but I’m allergic to almonds; hmm what could I use as a substitute.
Hey Reginia,
There are lots of cookie butter recipes that don’t use nuts that would taste just as great! I just used almonds to make it healthier than the traditional recipes.
These photos make me want to eat the whole jar!
Thank you! I had to resist doing the same 🙂 .
That looks like some perfect jar of cookie butter! 3-ingredients at that – wow!
Thank you Monica! It was really easy to make with just 3 ingredients!
What a yummy idea! Thanks! 🙂 ela
You’re welcome Ela and thank you!!
So I’ve never had cookie butter before, and I’m feeling like I immediately need to fix that because OH MY GOODNESS, this sounds incredible. Good for you for finishing off your stressful week and getting the stuff for law school done. Hope you’re enjoying a lovely weekend!
Thank you Erin! It was so good!! So glad I’m on holiday, and I hope you enjoyed your weekend too; I did, I’m travelling! 🙂
I didn’t know cookie butter could be so healthy! What a lovely ideal Jessica..
Thank you Shundara! And it still tastes great! 🙂